This document provides an overview of Crossref, an organization that supports scholarly publishing through metadata and technology. It discusses how Crossref involves members through working groups and committees, defines publishing broadly to include all business models, and gives each member one vote regardless of size. Crossref also focuses on research and development to expand infrastructure for the community, remains impartial on policy issues, and aims to ensure the persistence of links, technology and the organization for the long term through membership fees.

1. What are we up
to?
Ginny Hendricks
Yes, that Hendricks Gin
ghendricks@crossref.org

2. Smart alone, brilliant together
Collaboration is at the core of everything we do. Our
focus is on things that are best achieved by working
together.
We involve the community through active working
groups and committees.

3. If you publish, you’re a publisher
We are a global community of members, large and
small, who publish scholarly content in all
disciplines and in many formats.
We define publishing broadly; your business
model is your business.

4. One member, one vote
Our board comprises a cross-section of
members and it doesn’t matter how big
or small you are, every member gets a
single vote.

5. Love metadata, love technology
We do R&D to support and expand the shared
infrastructure we run for the scholarly community.
Building on the metadata we collect, we use
standard web technologies and create open source
tools and services to help our members solve
problems and meet best publishing practice.

6. Politic, not political
Our broad and inclusive community may
have different views, but when it comes to
law and policy, Crossref remains impartial.

7. Here today, here tomorrow
We are obsessed with persistence - of links, of our
technology, and of the organization.
Membership and service fees cover our costs, and
our surplus means we can do new things and
sustain the community infrastructure for the long
term.

8. New
Linked Clinical Trials
CrossMark redesign
ORCID Auto-Update

9. Soon
Preprints
Early Content Registration
Event Data
New website
Participation reports

10. Rules
Preprints
Early Content Registration
Event Data